Development Media Group

March 2, 2026
Junta reinforces Sittwe with naval and armored vehicles deployment
February 27, 2026
Arakan State residents call for airstrike early warning systems
February 26, 2026
Junta arrests Muslim villagers in Sittwe over alleged links to AA
December 7, 2021
Arakanese farmers yet to repay nearly K600 million in govt-funded loans
A total of K597 million ($334,645) in loans have not been repaid in the eight years since the Emerald Green Project was launched for rural...
December 7, 2021
Neighbourhoods in Sittwe hiring night guards amid concern over rising crime
A series of thefts and robberies have taken place in the Arakan State capital Sittwe, with residents in some wards feeling compelled to hire...
December 7, 2021
Maungdaw Twsp villager arrested after taxi-driving brother transports...
A local man has been arrested because his brother unwittingly transported a defecting member of the Border Guard Police in Maungdaw Township, Arakan...
December 3, 2021
As Sittwe’s Point Beach draws crowds, authorities threaten legal action...
The number of visitors to Point Beach in Sittwe is reportedly increasing on weekends, with the Arakan State regime council reminding beachgoers that...
December 2, 2021
Five former Arakan State ministers charged under Anti-Corruption Law
Five former Arakan State ministers, including former Chief Minister U Nyi Pu, were formally charged under Section 55 of the Anti-Corruption Law on...
December 2, 2021
NLD: 573 party members arrested, 13 killed since military coup
A total of 573 members of the National League for Democracy (NLD), including several senior party figures, were arrested and 13 were killed in the 10...
December 2, 2021
Electric fencing touted as aid to livestock farmers in Rathedaung Twsp
Electric fencing is being erected in Kanbyin village, part of Arakan State’s Rathedaung Township, to support livestock farmers there. The farmers...
December 2, 2021
US$5.2 million traded between Arakan and Bangladesh over 45 days since...
Arakan State’s two border trader centres reported trade volume with Bangladesh totalling more than US$5.2 million over the 45 days from October 16 to...
December 1, 2021
Classes resume in Gwa Township
Schools in Gwa Township, Arakan State, that were closed due to the country’s third wave of Covid-19 were reopened on November 30, according to the...
November 30, 2021
Regime accused of helicopter attack on Sagaing Region village
Junta forces in helicopters reportedly bombarded Nyaung Hla village in Sagaing Region’s Tabayin (Depayin) Township on Saturday afternoon. “I saw five...
November 30, 2021
Drug use a concern in shadow of Mrauk-U’s ancient pagodas
Illicit drug use in the vicinity of the ancient pagodas, walls and temples of the Mrauk-U cultural zone and its Let Sel Kan ward is on the rise...
November 30, 2021
Australia’s sovereign wealth fund chided for Myanmar junta ties
Australia’s sovereign wealth fund, Future Fund, is significantly invested in companies that do business with Myanmar’s military regime, the advocacy...